HONEY-COMB
as recorded by Jimmy Rodgers
-the kid, not the "blue yodler"
HONEY-COMB
(C)
(verse - 1)
(G7) (C) (C7)
IT'S A DARN GOOD LIFE - AND IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.
(F) (Dm7/5)
HOW THE BEE WAS MADE - AND THE BEE MADE HONEY.
(G7)
AND THE HONEY BEE - LOOKING FOR A HOME.
(C)
MADE - A - HONEY-COMB.
(C7)
THEN THEY COMBED THE WORLD - AND THEY GATHERED ALL -
(F) (Dm7/5)
OF THE HONEY-COMB - IN ONE SWEET BALL
(G7)
AND THE HONEY-COMB - FROM A MILLION TRIPS,
(C) (G7) (C) (Dm) (C7)
MADE MY BABY'S LIPS.
(chorus)
(F) (C)
HONEY-COMB, WAN'T-CHA' BE MY BABY - HONEY-COMB, BE MY OWN.
(G7)
JUST A HANK OF HAIR - AND A PIECE OF BONE,
(C) (C7)
MADE A WALKIN', TALKIN' - HONEY-COMB.
(F) (C)
HONEY-COMB, WAN'T-CHA' BE MY BABY - HONEY-COMB, BE MY OWN.
(G7)
WHAT A DARN GOOD LIFE - WHEN I HAVE A WIFE -
(C) to verse - (Dm7) (G7)
LIKE - HONEY-COMB. to end - (G7) (C)
(verse - 2)
NOW, HAVE YOU HEARD TELL - HOW THEY MADE A BEE -
THEN, TRIED A HAND - AT A GREEN, GREEN TREE,
SO THE TREE WAS MADE - AND I GUESS YOU'VE HEARD -
NEXT, THEY MADE A BIRD.
NOW THEY WAITED 'ROUND - TILL THE END OF SPRING
SAVIN' EVERY NOTE - THE BIRD DID SING.
THEN THEY ROLLED IT IN - UP IN ONE SWEET TONE,
FOR MY HONEY-COMB.
(verse - 3)
IN A LITTLE WHILE - WHEN THEY MADE THAT BIRD,
THEY LOOKED AROUND - FOR A LITTLE WORD,
IT SOUNDED SWEET - LIKE TURTLE-DOVE,
SO, THEY CALLED IT - LOVE.
THEN, THEY WENT AROUND - LOOKING EVERY-WHERE,
TAKIN' LOVE FROM HERE - 'N' LOVE FROM THERE,
AND THEY STORED IT UP - IN A LITTLE CART,
FOR MY BABY'S HEART.
prolog:
Jimmy had a promising career with Honey Comb. His career was ended as the
result of brain trama in a senseless mugging in Los Angeles.
Jimmy's guitar style was elegant in it's simplicity. He just tuned to an
open "E" and "barred" the strings. No 7' s or minor's or dim's, just major
chords.
1st string "E", second string "B", third string "G#", 4th string "E", 5th
string "A", 6th string "E".